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| Oregon teen dumped dozens of guinea pigs in ditch: report What a lemming. An Oregon teen dumped dozens of guinea pigs in a drainage ditch and left them for dead, authorities said. Cecilia Diaz, 19, of Aloha faces animal neglect and abandonment charges for ditching the fuzzy innocents in Beaverton, KPTV ... | |
| How robots could be used to fight Ebola As more people die from the virus, robotics experts are looking for ways to enlist robots in the fight to contain Ebola in the coming months and years. by Mariel Myers · @@producermariel; November 8, 2014 3:16 PM PST. comments. 0. facebook. twitter. | |
| Maine nurse will leave state after Ebola quarantine ends FORT KENT, Maine — A nurse who successfully fought an Ebola quarantine order is planning to leave a Maine town with her boyfriend and may move out of state. Ted Wilbur says he and girlfriend Kaci Hickox will leave Fort Kent sometime after Monday, the ... | |
| How robots could be used to fight Ebola As more people die from the virus, robotics experts are looking for ways to enlist robots in the fight to contain Ebola in the coming months and years. by Mariel Myers · @@producermariel; 8 November 2014 11:16 pm GMT. comments. 0. facebook. twitter. | |
| Dallas closes the door on its Ebola scare The World Health Organization released a new protocol Friday for the burial of Ebola victims in an effort to slow transmission of the disease and reinforce signs of progress in curbing the spread of the epidemic in West Africa. Ebola victims are at their most ... | |
| Ebola quotes with Amber Vinson, George W. Bush and Ted Wilbur As the peak of media coverage of the Ebola situation has dropped precipitously since mid-October, as Mediaite most aptly pointed out recently, there is still plenty being said about the situation here and abroad. President George W. Bush hugs nurse and ... | |
| Ebola volunteers wrestle with quarantine mandates Kaci Hickox and her boyfriend Ted Wilbur come out of their house to speak to reporters, Friday, Oct. 31, 2014, in Fort Kent, Maine. Hickox, a nurse who defied an Ebola quarantine in the state of Maine after treating patients in West Africa, can travel unrestricted ... | |
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| School lunch has more nutrition than homemade lunch: Study School lunches may be better for children than food brought from home, according to a new study from Virginia Tech. Where are parents going wrong? (Photo : USDA). School lunches could be more nutritious and healthier for children than food brought from ... | |
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| Healthy lunches? Mom or cafeteria? A study into what our children bring to school to eat was recently evaluated and found that lunches offered by the average school are healthier for your child than good old mom's pre-packed lunch, a new study revealed. The nutritional value was tested on ... | |
| School Lunches Could Be More Nutritious Than Packed Meals Researchers compared packed lunches with school lunches and found the latter tends to have more nutritional value. Out of the 50 million public elementary and secondary school children in the U.S., about 60 percent obtain a significant amount of their daily ... | |
| Bariatric Surgery Could Be More Than Efficacious For The Obese Obesity has become one of the most influential of problems in America, and while most people would benefit from a healthier diet, sometimes the issue is more complicated than just changing what you eat. Bariatric surgery, for one, can be quite effective, but ... | |
| School Lunches More Healthy than Packed New Study Says In a new study that is being published in the November/December issue of the Journal of Nutrition Education and Behavior, researchers at Virginia Tech University found children that bring their lunches to school have, on average, an unhealthier meal than ... | |
| Ebola Strike To Affect 18000 Nurses Roughly 18,000 health care workers in Northern California are fed up with the equipment and standards they work with in fighting the Ebola virus and are planning a two-day strike starting on Nov. 11. (Photo : Flickr Commons). Ebola has pushed these nurses ... | |
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| Medicinal Marijuana Dispensaries Popping Up Around The Country Health officials in Massachusetts have "mellowed out" a little bit when it comes to medicinal marijuana within the state. The change of heart has led to four new dispensaries for medical marijuana, including the first in the city of Boston. These most recently ... | |
| Decline In Ebola Linked To Burial Practices Nearly 5,000 people have died in the Ebola outbreak in West Africa. While the outbreak has stabilized in Liberia and Guinea, a majority of recently reported cases over the past month have been in Sierra Leone. According to the World Health Organization, the ... | |
| George W. Bush to Ebola survivor Amber Vinson: 'You look great' Vinson survived Ebola after being infected with the deadly disease while treating Ebola patient Thomas Duncan. According to a report from The Dallas Morning News, Texas resident and former President George W. Bush made a special trip Friday to Texas ... | |
| Kaiser nurses plan two-day strike in Northern California Kaiser Permanente's 18,000 nurses throughout Northern California will walk out on a two-day strike beginning Tuesday morning. The strike by California Nurses Association affects 21 Kaiser hospitals and about 35 clinics, said Katy Roemer, a nurse at Kaiser ... | |
| Ebola Scare At Canaria Island Stress held beachgoers around the Canary Islands now after 21 males from Sierra Leone and Guinea were removed for treatment after confirming signs and symptoms in line with Ebola, that has ravaged individuals African nations. Several migrants showed ... | |
| WHO releases new manual on how to safely bury Ebola victims New protocols for safe burial of Ebola victims issue in hopes of slowing spread of the deadly disease. Protocols were designed in consultation with religious leader to respect cultural and religious sensitivities. (Photo : United Nations). New guideline on how to ... | |
| People opt for healthy-looking leaders 148 women and men imagined selecting a new CEO for a company and repeatedly picked between two photos of male faces. By IANS. Published: November 9, 2014. Tweet · Share this article Print this page Email. Researchers found a stronger general ... | |
| Boston Pot Dispensary And 3 Others Approved Massachusetts public health officials have given preliminary approval to four more medical marijuana dispensaries, including the first for Boston. Those announced Friday join 11 others approved earlier this year. All will go through final review before being ... | |
| Scientists see mechanism for spontaneous HIV `cure` French scientists said mid this week that they had found the genetic mechanism by which two HIV-infected men may have experienced a "spontaneous cure", and said it offered a new strategy in the fight against AIDS. Both men were infected by the human ... | |
| Yummy goodness coming to store shelves NEW YORK – The peanut butter and chocolate goodness that is the essence of Reese's Peanut Butter Cups now comes in a jar. The announcement of Reese's new spreads came on Election Day – fitting given that the vote is still out on whether this creamy ... | |
| Trouble in paradise: Ebola scare at Gran Canaria nude beach Panic gripped beachgoers on the Canary Islands this week after 21 men from Sierra Leone and Guinea were taken away for medical treatment after reporting symptoms consistent with Ebola, which has ravaged those African nations. A group of migrants ... | |
| Kaiser Nurses in California Plan to Strike Over Ebola A nurse holds signs during a demonstration highlighting inadequate Ebola preparedness in San Francisco, California, on Oct. 28, 2014. Photographer: Justin Sullivan/Getty Images. Some 18,000 nurses in Northern California are planning a two-day strike ... | |
| Kaiser Nurses Go On Strike for Better Protection Against Ebola Around 18,000 nurses working for Kaiser Permanente will go on strike on November 11 and 12. National Nurses United is discontent with Kaiser Permanente's recent decisions regarding the patient care standards. The nurses will walk out because they are ... | |
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| Penicillin Allergies That Never Were Are you allergic to penicillin? You will be surprised that you probably are not in as much as you believe you do. Two studies presented on Friday at the American College of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology's (ACAAI) annual meeting proved that a majority of ... | |
| The Dallas Ebola Monitoring Period Ended According to the KERA News reports, the state health officials announced that the Dallas Ebola monitoring period had ended 21-days after final person had contact with one of Dallas' three Ebola patients. The Texas Department of State Health Services ... | |
| Compensation call for family Liberia's human rights commission has called on the government to pay compensation to the family of a boy shot dead during a protest over ebola quarantine in August, saying officers had not fired in the air as they had claimed but directly on the crowd. | |
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| School lunch healthier for your children than packed by you Homemade foods are no more the first choice of the health experts for the school going children in the United States as a new study has found strong leads suggesting that school lunches could be healthier and more nutritious than food brought from home. | |
| Ohio gets over $1.7M in behavioral health funds Ohio has been awarded more than $1.7 million in federal funding to support mental health and substance abuse treatment. Related. Judge Leslie Isaiah Gaines remembered... Police investigating homicide in... Victim's identity released in fatal... Enrollment at ... | |
| Teenagers know more about asthma than parents Washington, Nov 9 (IANS) Children are more knowledgeable about how one can control asthma than their parents, says a new study. Teenagers and caretakers have different levels of health literacy, and teenagers do not necessarily obtain their information ... | |
| 18000 Kaiser nurses to go strike next week HAYWARD, Calif. (AP) — Kaiser Permanente's 18,000 nurses throughout Northern California plan to walk out on a two-day strike next week to demand higher Ebola treatment standards. The Hayward Daily Review reports (http://bit.ly/1wDuxEC) that the ... | |
| Cigna changes plan amid HIV drug complaint The health insurance company Cigna has agreed to change its prescription drug policy to ensure that Florida consumers with HIV and AIDS can access their medications, Florida insurance officials said Friday. The decision comes months after two national ... | |
| Health reform: More plans, more insurers in Michigan Open enrollment of federal health reform's centerpiece — health plans for the uninsured and the underinsured on state marketplaces — opens Saturday with more companies and more than twice as many plans in Michigan. In many cases, premium costs ... | |
| Want to Be a Leader? Cultivate a Healthy Look It's more important for potential business or political leaders to look healthy than intelligent, according to a study published online Nov. 5 in Frontiers in Human Neuroscience. FRIDAY, Nov. 7, 2014 (HealthDay News) -- It's more important for potential business ... | |
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| Empty Ebola beds in Liberia pose riddle for health workers Health workers in Liberia are struggling with whether a number of empty beds are a sign that their ramped up response is working. Empty Ebola beds in Liberia pose riddle for health workers. PHOTO: Panoramio. Health workers in Liberia are struggling to tell ... | |
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